JPH06119392A - Data item identification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically perform an access to the different name of a data item, and to validly utilize a hardware resource by synthesizing into one the data item dictionary of each system using the data item name specified to the section of a synonym and homonym or the like. CONSTITUTION:A data item identifying device 2 is constituted of an extracting device 21, information resource management system 22, translation device 23, and data base 4. In the information resource management system 22, the data item name specified to the section extracted from the specification of each system such as a staff management system and salary payment system, and relation information between the system and the standard data item name are stored. When a user performs an access from the individual system to a data item dictionary 5 by using the translation device 23, the translation device 23 converts the system into the standard item name from the above mentioned relation, performs an access to the data item dictionary, and returns the response. The user can directly edit the relation information of the data item from a display device 3 by using the extracting device 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data item identification system in a data item dictionary system, and in particular, allophone synonyms and homonyms of data items that differ depending on the user, group, etc. without the user being aware. It relates to a data item identification method capable of automatically identifying a data item name specialized for each department and converting it into a standard data item name in the system to access a data item dictionary system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique relating to a data item identification method in a data item dictionary system, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-251941 is known.

This prior art uses a personal dictionary and a common dictionary as a database management system, and switches between the personal dictionary and the common dictionary based on a reference or update request from a request source to access the dictionary. is there.

As another conventional technique, it is known that a data item dictionary in which an alias can be registered is provided, and a data item having a synonymous sound is used by a user's alias designation by this dictionary.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the user's operability is not taken into consideration, and the user specifies whether to switch between the personal dictionary and the common dictionary or which alias should be used. However, there is a problem in that operability is poor.

Further, the above-mentioned prior art does not consider effective use of hardware resources, and it is necessary to prepare a personal dictionary and a common dictionary. Compared to the case where there is only one dictionary, It has a problem that it requires a large capacity of a disk which is a recording medium for storing a dictionary.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art and to integrate the dictionaries in the data item dictionary system so that the hardware resources can be effectively used and the user can It is to provide a data item identification method that can be operated without distinguishing a dictionary.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the above object is to extract the correspondence between a user, a usage group, etc. and a data item from the specifications of the individual system used by the user, the usage group, This is achieved by translating the data items used by users, usage groups, etc. into standard data items in the system and accessing the standard data item dictionary according to the correspondence relationship.

[0009]

[Operation] A user, a usage group, and data item names used by them are extracted from the specification information, and the system registers them in the information resource management system in association with the standard data item names. Data item names specialized for users, usage groups, etc. and standard data item names in the system are registered in the information resource management system using the display device.
It is also possible to update. Data items specific to the user himself / herself or entered by the user are converted into standard data item names in the system based on the related information of the data items stored in the information resource management system. This allows the standard data item dictionary to be accessed by specialized data items.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a data item identification system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a specification, 2 is a data item identification device, 3 is a display device, 4 and 6 are databases, 5 is a data item dictionary, 21 is an extraction device, and 2
Reference numeral 2 is an information resource management system, and 23 is a translation device.

The first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is a specification sheet 1 for various individual systems such as an employee management system of the personnel department, a payroll system of the accounting department, and a sales management system of the sales department. And a data item identification device 2 according to the present invention
, A display 3, databases 4 and 6, and a data item dictionary 5.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the extraction device 21 in the data item identification device 2 extracts from the specification 1 the correspondence between users and usage groups and the data items used by them, and extracts them. The information is stored in the information resource management system 22 by associating the information with the standard data items input from the display device 3 in all systems.

Individual systems such as an employee management system and a salary system make access requests to the translation device 23 when referring to or updating data items. The translation device 23 reads the data item relationship from the information resource management system 22, converts the data item name from the individual system into a standard data item name in the system, accesses the data item dictionary 5, and returns the return information. .

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the data management system uses the data item names that have the same or different meanings in the employee management system of the personnel department, the payroll system of the accounting department, etc. Data item dictionary of individual system 1
Can be built on a standard data item dictionary in one system.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, from the display device 3,
It is possible to directly edit the relationship between a data item specialized for a user, a usage group, etc. and a standard data item in the system, and store it in the information resource management system 22 via the extraction device 21.

In the above embodiment, the employee management system,
When it is desired to change the data item name of an individual system such as a salary payment system, by inputting the related information of the edited data item and the name of the specification from the display device 3, the specification document of the employee management system via the translation device 23, It is possible to automatically change the data item name of the specifications document of the salary payment system.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the user changes the group to which he / she belongs, the group change may be registered in the information resource management system 22 from the display device 3, and the translation device 23 may be changed to the data item name of the transfer destination. Can be accessed.

When the user uses an individual system such as an employee management system or a salary supply system in a plurality of groups, the translation device 23 uses or uses a data item name suitable for one of the groups. The data item name according to the group or the standard data item name in the system can be selected.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 7 is a data item diversion tool, 8 is a data item standardization tool, and other symbols are the same as those in FIG.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the system program can be used between the individual systems.

In FIG. 2, it is assumed that the payroll system of the accounting department diverts the user program of the employee management system of the personnel department. In this case, the data item diversion tool 7 reads out the related information of the data item from the data item identification device 2, changes the data item of the specification of the employee management system to the data item name according to the accounting department, and pays the pay system. Used as a specification.

Illustration In the second embodiment of the present invention, the diversion of the system among the individual systems in the individual system using the data items having the same sound variations and the same sound variations depending on the user and the usage group. Can be done easily.

Further, in the second embodiment, when the data items of the individual system are integrated into the standard name data item in the system, the data item standardizing tool 8 reads the data item of the individual system such as the employee management system to obtain information. From the related information of the data items read from the resource management system 22, the data items of the individual system can be converted into standard data items by the system.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the data item of the individual system using the data item having the same sound variation or the same sound variation depending on the user and the use group can be easily converted into the data item of the standard for all systems. It is possible to convert.

In the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, the data item diversion tool 7 and the data item standardization tool 8 may be provided in the data item identification device 2.

In the above-described first and second embodiments of the present invention, the display device 3 uses the standard data items registered in the information resource management system, users, usage groups, and their use. It is possible to display a list of relationships with the data items that are being processed.

Next, the configuration and operation of each functional element in the above-described first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the relationship information between users, usage groups and data items stored in the information resource management system 22.

This related information is a user ID indicating the user.
, A group ID indicating a group, a local data item name indicating a data item name used by a user or the like, and a standard data item name indicating a standard data item name in the system are set as one record, These relationships are shown and are stored in the information resource management system 22.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relationship information between data item names used by users and usage groups and specifications using them.

This relation information shows these relations by a record in which a local data item name indicating a different data item name used by a user or a use group and a specification name indicating a specification are paired. is there.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the processing 10 of the extraction device 21 in the data item identification device 2.

(1) First, the specification information is read, the data item is taken out, it is checked whether or not there is a data item, and if there is no data item, the processing is terminated (steps 101 to 103).

(2) If there is a data item in the check in step 103, the user and the group are taken out from the individual system, and the standard data item name is input from the display device 3 in the system (steps 104 and 105).

(3) It is checked whether or not the standard data item name has been input from the display 3, and if the standard data item name has not been input, the processing from step 101 is repeated (step 106).

(4) If it is determined in step 106 that the standard data item name is input, the corresponding information of the data item is edited and stored in the information resource management system, and step 1
The processing from 01 is repeated (step 107).

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the processing 11 of the translation device 23 in the data item identification device 2.

(1) When the user inputs the data item access via the individual system, the related information is read from the information resource management system 22 (step 111,
112).

(2) The data item is translated from the read related information, the data item dictionary 5 is accessed, and the access information is returned to the requesting individual system (step 113).
~ 115).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the process 12 of the data item diversion tool 7 constructed on the data item identification device 2.

(1) The data item diversion tool 7 reads the data item from the diversion source specification and reads the related information corresponding to the data item name (steps 121 and 12).
2).

(2) Using the related information read in step 122, the data items read from the diversion source specifications are converted into the data items of the diversion destination individual system, and then the data items of the diversion destination specifications are converted. To a new data item (steps 123 and 124).

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the processing 13 of the data item standardization tool 8 constructed on the data item identification device 2.

(1) The data item standardization tool 8 reads out a data item from the specification and reads out the related information corresponding to the data item name (steps 131 and 132).

(2) After converting the data items read from the specifications into standard data items by the system, the data items of the specifications are rewritten to new data items (steps 133 and 134).

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the user of the individual system can access the dictionary by the standard data item without knowing the standard data item in the system. You can easily build a program that uses items. Further, it is possible to improve the diversion of the user program between the users and the usage groups, and to improve the program development efficiency.

Further, according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, since the data item dictionary for each individual system can be constructed by one data item dictionary, the hardware resources can be effectively used. it can.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the data item dictionaries for each individual system can be integrated into one, so that the hardware resources can be effectively used and the individual The system user can operate the dictionary without distinction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relationship information between users, usage groups, and data items.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of relationship information between data item names used by users and usage groups and specifications using them.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the extraction device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the translation device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a data item diversion tool.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a data item standardization tool.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Specification 2 Data item identification device 3 Display device 4, 6 Database 5 Data item dictionary 7 Data item diversion tool 8 Data item standardization tool 21 Extraction device 22 Information resource management system 23 Translation device

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takayoshi Yamamoto 3-529 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Hitachi Hitachi Software Co., Ltd.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A data item identification method in a data item dictionary system in which data item names having the same or different synonyms or synonyms are used according to users or use groups,
The information resource management system stores the relation information between the data item names that have the same or different synonyms or the synonyms depending on the user or the usage group and the standard data item names in the system, and is input using the relation information. A data item identification method characterized by converting the data item name to a standard data item name in the system and accessing the data item dictionary. 2. Data item names that have the same or different synonyms depending on the user or usage group are extracted from the specification information of the individual system used by the user or usage group, and these item names and the standard data of the system are extracted. The data item identification method according to claim 1, further comprising an extraction device that generates an item name and relationship information and registers the information in an information resource management system. 3. A user used for the specification information,
3. The data item identification method according to claim 2, further comprising a tool for migrating a data item name having the same or different synonyms or synonyms depending on the usage group to a standard data item name in the system. 4. The data item name of the specifications used by the user and the use group is updated by updating the relationship information between the user and the use group and the data item name stored in the information resource management system. The data item identification system according to claim 2, characterized in that 5. Information resources are generated by inputting relationships between users, usage groups, data item names used by them, and standard data item names in the system from a display device to generate these relationship information. The data item identification method according to claim 1, wherein the data item identification method is registered in a management system. 6. When the user changes the group to which the user belongs,
The data item identification method according to claim 1, further comprising a tool for automatically converting the data item name into a group corresponding to a transfer-in destination. 7. When a user uses a data item of a different group, a data item name according to a different group or a data item name according to a group to which the user belongs is used. 2. It is selected whether to use the standard data item name in.
Described data item identification method. 8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a tool for displaying a list of relationships among standard data items, users, usage groups, and data items in use. Described data item identification method. 9. A user program construction method that uses data item names that have the same or different synonyms or synonyms depending on the user or the usage group, wherein a plurality of users or a plurality of users are created by using the data item identification method according to claim 1. A method for constructing a user program, characterized in that the user programs of the user group are simultaneously constructed on the standard data item dictionary in the system. 10. When diversion of a user program using a data item name that has different synonyms or homonyms depending on a user or a usage group to another usage group or user,
10. The user program construction method according to claim 9, wherein the data items are converted into the data item names used by the users and the usage groups at the diversion destination.